The effectiveness of the incidental small-bowel series.
The authors reviewed 210 consecutive small-bowel series and found that the rate of positive yield was high when indications suggesting small-bowel disease were applied; however, it was quite low in those studies that appeared to have been requested merely as an addendum to the upper gastrointestinal series. Indications producing a high positive rate are described.
D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004064:Digestive System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography